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. 1967 Sep;104(3):852–860. doi: 10.1042/bj1040852

Transport of monosaccharides in kidney-cortex cells

A Kleinzeller 1, J Kolínská 1,*, I Beneš 1
PMCID: PMC1271224  PMID: 6049927

Abstract

1. The aerobic accumulation of various monosaccharides in slices of rabbit kidney cortex at 25° was studied. 2. d-Fructose and α-methyl d-glucoside were readily accumulated against their concentration gradient by a phlorrhizin-sensitive Na+-dependent active transport. In the absence of external Na+ the maximal rate of α-methyl glucoside transport was decreased tenfold, the Km of entry into the cells (8·2mm) not being affected. Phlorrhizin and d-galactose inhibited the entry of α-methyl glucoside also in the absence of external Na+. 3. d-Xylose, 6-deoxy-d-glucose and 6-deoxy-d-galactose were poorly accumulated ([S]i/[S]o ratios slightly above 1·0); this transport was inhibited by phlorrhizin and by the absence of Na+. 4. 3-O-Methyl-d-glucose, d-arabinose and l-arabinose were not actively transported, [S]i/[S]o ratios never exceeding 1·0. 5. 2-Deoxy-d-glucose and 2-deoxy-d-galactose were readily accumulated against a high concentration gradient, this transport being Na+-independent and only slightly sensitive to phlorrhizin. External Na+ was not required for an inhibitory action of phlorrhizin and d-galactose on the entry of 2-deoxy-d-galactose into the cells. 6. Interference for entry into the cells between the following saccharides was found: d-galactose inhibited α-methyl d-glucoside transport; d-xylose entry was inhibited by d-glucose; d-galactose transport was inhibited by d-xylose; a mutual interference between d-galactose and its 2-deoxy analogue was found. 7. It is concluded that d-glucose, d-galactose, α-methyl d-glucoside, d-xylose and possibly also some other monosaccharides share a common active transport system. 8. The specificity of the Na+-dependent phlorrhizin-sensitive active transport system for monosaccharides in kidney-cortex cells differs from that in intestinal epithelial cells.

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